document.write( "Question 270804: You have space in your garden for 40 small flowering bulbs. Crocus bulbs cost $0.45 each and daffodil bulbs cost $0.65 each. Your budget allows you to spend $20.40 on bulbs. How many crocus bulbs and how many daffodil bulbs can you buy? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "We can set up two equations and solve the problem.
\n" ); document.write( "Let x be Crocus and y be daffodil. So:
\n" ); document.write( "x+y=40
\n" ); document.write( ".45x+.65y=20.40
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply the first equation by -.45 so to eliminate x. So we get:
\n" ); document.write( "-.45x-.45y=-18 Now add this to the second equation:
\n" ); document.write( "+.45x+.65y=20.40
\n" ); document.write( "And we get:
\n" ); document.write( ".20y=2.40 Divide each side by .25 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "y=12 Now we can find x by plugging 12 for y in the first equation:
\n" ); document.write( "x+12=40 Subtract 12 from both sides to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x=28
\n" ); document.write( "So now we know there are 12 daffodil and 28 crocus.
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